For the second time in a month, torrential flooding returned to Southern California this week with El Niño-fueled rains rolling in off the Pacific Ocean. This time San Diego felt the punch. The city, known for weather “the closest thing to perfect in America,” experienced one of its wettest days on record.
Weather officials had been warning Californians about the wrath of El Niño for months — even as some residents had begun to think the typically soaking climate pattern had gone AWOL.
The pump is primed for another stretch of very stormy weather next week and into early February. What forecasters have yet to fully determine is where the next fire hose of moisture will be aimed: at San Diego again, at points to the north or even at the entire state of California.
In a matter of minutes Monday morning, communities across southeastern San Diego were transformed into disaster zones: Families fled their homes in chest-deep floodwaters; vehicles were swept downstream as roads became rivers; residents cried for help from their rooftops.
Dry, Sunny San Diego Was Hit With Damaging Floods. What’s Going On? Is It Climate Change?
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Maddie Simmons /USA Todayby Dinah Voyles Pulver & Doyle RiceFor the second time in a month, torrential flooding returned to Southern California this week with El Niño-fueled rains rolling in off the Pacific Ocean. This time San Diego felt the punch. The city, known for weather “the closest thing to perfect in America,” experienced one of its wettest days on record.
SoCal Sees Two ‘Thousand-year’ Storms Within Weeks. More Could Be Coming
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Maddie Simmons /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley Smith & Grace TooheyWeather officials had been warning Californians about the wrath of El Niño for months — even as some residents had begun to think the typically soaking climate pattern had gone AWOL.
Another Storm Is on the Horizon. Will San Diego Get Hit Again?
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Maddie Simmons /Voice of San Diegoby Robert KrierThe pump is primed for another stretch of very stormy weather next week and into early February. What forecasters have yet to fully determine is where the next fire hose of moisture will be aimed: at San Diego again, at points to the north or even at the entire state of California.
‘Thousand-year Storm’ Leaves San Diego Reeling From Punishing Rainfall, Floods
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Maddie Simmons /Los Angeles Timesby Grace TooheyIn a matter of minutes Monday morning, communities across southeastern San Diego were transformed into disaster zones: Families fled their homes in chest-deep floodwaters; vehicles were swept downstream as roads became rivers; residents cried for help from their rooftops.